. . . we leave out one crucial point: A membership in a professional association is not the same as being involved in professional service.
Taking an active role in your professional organization is also a way to cultivate leadership skills you can't gain from volunteer or part-time work.
Focus your attentions less on building a resume and more on improving libraries.

At our last board meeting we talked about our commitment to keeping our membership and conference costs for students low enough so they can be part of a professional association. This article suggests we go one step further and have them on our committees to gain "hands-on" experiences. With this in mind, the directory committee is adding a SLIS student to our committee to give her "hands-on" experience in our association.